35 Best NPR Podcasts (National Public Radio)

1. How I Built This with Guy Raz

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Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists and the movements they built.MORE Producer/Network Guy Raz | Wondery
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2. Fresh Air

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444908/fresh-air Play
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Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshairMORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 7.6MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 47 min Follow Get Email Contact

3. Up First

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510318/up-first Play
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NPR's Up First is the news you need to start your day. The three biggest stories of the day, with reporting and analysis from NPR News in 10 minutes. Available weekdays by 6 a.m. ET, with hosts Rachel Martin, Noel King and Steve Inskeep. Now available on Saturdays by 8 a.m. ET, with hosts Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Scott Simon.MORE Hosts Rachel Martin, Noel King, Steve Inskeep
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Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 6 episodes/week Avg Length 15 min Follow Get Email Contact

4. Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/344098539/wait-w.. Play
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NPR's weekly news quiz. Have a laugh and test your knowledge with today's funniest comedians. And if you can't get enough, try our new mid-week show, Everyone & Their Mom. Each Wednesday, host Emma Choi takes the story everyone's talking about and uses it as an excuse to hang out with culture makers, Wait Wait panelists, and hilarious new comedians.Hate free content? Try a subscription to Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!MORE Hosts Peter Sagal, Emma Choi
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Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 40 min Follow Get Email Contact

5. Planet Money

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-money Play
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Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the economy understand the world.Wanna go deeper? Subscribe to Planet Money and get sponsor-free episodes of Planet Money, The Indicator, and Planet Money Summer School. Plus access to bonus content. It's a new way to support the show you love.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 95.3KTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 168.5K Frequency 3 episodes/week Avg Length 26 min Follow Get Email Contact

6. All Songs Considered

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510019/all-songs.. Play
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Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big questions, like what was the best decade for music, are there albums everyone can agree on, and what do you put on when you need a good cry? Weekly, with host Robin Hilton and the NPR Music family.MORE Host Robin Hilton
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Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Twitter Followers 386.1K Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 44 min Follow Get Email Contact

7. Short Wave

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510351/short-wave Play
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New discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines - all in about 10 minutes, every weekday. It's science for everyone, using a lot of creativity and a little humor. Join host Maddie Sofia for science on a different wavelength.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 3 episodes/week Avg Length 14 min Follow Get Email Contact

8. TED Radio Hour

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510298/ted-radio.. Play
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Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves.MORE Host Manoush Zomorodi
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Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 52.8KTwitter Followers 50.8K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 48 min Since Apr 2018 Follow Get Email Contact

9. It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510317/its-been-.. Play
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Each week, Sam Sanders interviews people in the culture who deserve your attention. Plus weekly wraps of the news with other journalists. Join Sam as he makes sense of the world through conversation.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 7.6MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 27 min Since Jun 2017 Follow Get Email Contact

10. Invisibilia

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia Play
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Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia Latin for invisible things fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.MORE Hosts Kia Miakka Natisse, Yowei Shaw
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Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 38 min Follow Get Email Contact

11. Throughline

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline Play
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The past is never past. Every headline has a history. Join us every week as we go back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel and sounds you can see from the moments that shaped our world.MORE Hosts Ramtin Arablouei, Rund Abdelfatah
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Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 6.7MTwitter Followers 20.9K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 52 min Since Jan 2019 Video Podcast YouTube
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12. Embedded

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510311/embedded Play
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Host Kelly McEvers takes a story from the news and goes deep. Whether that means digging into the Trump administration's past, the stories behind police shootings caught on video, or visiting a town ravaged by the opioid epidemic, Embedded takes you where the news is happening.MORE Producer/Network Embedded
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 10 episodes/quarter Avg Length 32 min Since Mar 2016 Follow Get Email Contact

13. Here & Now

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510051/here-x26-now Play
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NPR and WBUR's live midday news program.
Producer/Network WBUR
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Apple Rating 4.1 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 26 min Since Dec 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

14. The Indicator from Planet Money

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510325/the-indic.. Play
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A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the economy, and everything else. Listen weekday afternoons.MORE Producer/Network Planet Money
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 10 min Follow Get Email Contact

15. Code Switch

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch Play
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What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for! Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society - from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 49KTwitter Followers 146K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 29 min Follow Get Email Contact

16. Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510309/bullseye Play
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Bullseye from NPR is your curated guide to culture. Jesse Thorn hosts in-depth interviews with brilliant creators, culture picks from our favorite critics and irreverent original comedy. Bullseye has been featured in Time, The New York Times, GQ and McSweeney's, which called it 'the kind of show people listen to in a more perfect world.' (Formerly known as The Sound of Young America.)MORE Producer/Network Jesse Thorn
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 31.7KTwitter Followers 45.3KInstagram Followers 21.6K Frequency 6 episodes/month Avg Length 40 min Since Jul 2013 Follow Get Email Contact

17. Pop Culture Happy Hour

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510282/pop-cultu.. Play
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Pop Culture Happy Hour is a fun and freewheeling chat about the latest movies, television, books, and music.
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Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 50.6KTwitter Followers 45.9K Frequency 3 episodes/week Avg Length 21 min Follow Get Email Contact

18. Consider This from NPR

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The hosts of NPR's All Things Considered help you make sense of a major news story and what it means for you, in 15 minutes. New episodes six days a week, Sunday through Friday.
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Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 13 min Since Mar 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

19. World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN

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WXPN's live performance and interview program featuring music and conversation from a variety of important musicians.
Producer/Network WXPN Listener Supported Radio
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Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Facebook Followers 46.1KTwitter Followers 31.5KInstagram Followers 19.9K Frequency 3 episodes/week Avg Length 31 min Follow Get Email Contact

20. No Compromise

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510356/no-compro.. Play
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Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. Discover a social media empire with an unapologetic vision of gun rights—generating millions of likes, follows, and dollars. From WAMU's Guns & America, reporters Lisa Hagen of WABE and Chris Haxel of KCUR expose how three brothers from the most uncompromising corner of the gun debate are turning hot-button issues into donations and controversy.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 7Twitter Followers 23.4K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 38 min Since Aug 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

21. From the Top

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NPR's From the Top showcases the music, stories, and unique humor of America's best young classical musicians.
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 66.5KTwitter Followers 3.3KInstagram Followers 8.7K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 43 min Follow Get Email Contact

22. 1A

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Every day, 1A convenes a conversation about the most important issues of our time. The show takes a deep and unflinching look at America, bringing context and insight to stories unfolding across the country and the world.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Facebook Followers 64.4KTwitter Followers 71.7KInstagram Followers 18.9K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 39 min Since Jan 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

23. Alt.Latino

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The global Latinx community is evolving and growing fast. Alt.Latino is here to celebrate it and all of its nuances through music. Each episode, NPR Music's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with a different living legend or rising star to discuss Latinx culture, heritage, and the shared borders of our experiences. Let the chisme begin!MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 34.3KTwitter Followers 19.6K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 29 min Follow Get Email Contact

24. The NPR Politics Podcast

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510310/npr-polit.. Play
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Every weekday, NPR's best political reporters are there to explain the big news coming out of Washington and the campaign trail. They don't just tell you what happened. They tell you why it matters. Every afternoon.Political wonks - get wonkier with The NPR Politics Podcast . Your subscription supports the podcast and unlocks a sponsor-free feed.MORE Host Mike Johnson
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Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 18 min Follow Get Email Contact

25. StoryCorps

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Stories of the human heart. A candid, unscripted conversation between two people about what's really important in life: love, loss, family, friendship. When the world seems out of hand, tune in to StoryCorps and be reminded of the things that matter most.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 4.7KTwitter Followers 4.8KInstagram Followers 1.9K Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 16 min Since Jan 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

26. The Best of Car Talk

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk Play
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America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest.MORE Producer/Network Car Talk
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Facebook Followers 510.7KTwitter Followers 42.4K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 37 min Follow Get Email Contact

27. Ask Me Another

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510299/ask-me-an.. Play
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Packed with trivia, comedy and celebrity guests, Ask Me Another is like an amusement park for your brain. Host Ophira Eisenberg and musician Jonathan Coulton take brilliant contestants on a roller coaster that'll make you laugh and scream out the answers and barely anyone throws up in a trash can.MORE Hosts Ophira Eisenberg, Jonathan Coulton
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Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Follow Get Email Contact

28. Louder Than A Riot

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From Bobby Shmurda to Nipsey Hussle, each episode explores an artist's story to examine a different aspect of the criminal justice system that disproportionately impacts Black America. Hosted by NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden, this podcast is invested in power from all angles the power the music industry wields over artists, the power of institutional forces that marginalize communities of color, the power of the prison industrial complex, and the power dynamics deep-rooted in the rap game.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Since Sep 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

29. Believed

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510326/believed Play
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How did Larry Nassar, an Olympic gymnastics doctor, get away with abusing hundreds of women and girls for two decades? Believed is an inside look at how a team of women won a conviction in one of the largest serial sexual abuse cases in U.S. history. It's a story of survivors finding their power in a cultural moment when people are coming to understand how important that is. It's also an unnerving exploration of how even well-meaning adults can fail to believe.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 56.7KTwitter Followers 1.8KInstagram Followers 66 Since Oct 2018 Follow Get Email Contact

30. Rough Translation

Podcast https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510324/rough-tra.. Play
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How are the things we're talking about being talked about somewhere else in the world? Gregory Warner tells stories that follow familiar conversations into unfamiliar territory. At a time when the world seems small but it's as hard as ever to escape our echo chambers, Rough Translation takes you places.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 2.9KTwitter Followers 7.8K Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 31 min Since Aug 2017 Follow Get Email Contact

31. Tiny Desk Concerts

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Tiny Desk Concerts from NPR Music feature your favorite musicians performing at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk in the NPR office. Hear Wilco, Adele, Passion Pit, Tinariwen, Miguel, The xx, and many more.MORE Email ****@npr.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Follow Get Email Contact

32. The Students' Podcast

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Teachers and students, got something to say? Put on your headphones and get ready to hit record! The folks behind NPR's Student Podcast Challenge made this handy guide on how to make a podcast in the classroom. We'll talk about how to gather good sound, ask great questions and conduct smart interviews. Plus, we'll hear from the contest's judges, last year's winners and feature some pretty inspiring stories of students and teachers. It's everything you need to make an amazing podcast!MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Facebook Followers 7.6MTwitter Followers 8.4MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 3 episodes/year Avg Length 11 min Follow Get Email Contact